1963CIVIL RIGHTS
Documentary film about the civil rights march on Washington in 1963.
Civi Rights
Appearances by Joan Baez and Odetta
Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream"
Civi Rights
Appearances by Joan Baez and Odetta
Martin Luther King, Jr. - "I Have a Dream"
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Reel opens - Civil Rights, The March 1963
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| 01:00:19 7.85 |
African American Journalist and Director of the United States Information Agency, Carl T. Rowan speaking into camera introduces the documentary film about the Civil Rights March in Washington in 1963.
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| 01:01:07 55.71 |
POV moving vehicle following behind a bus driving down a main street, cars parked head in, retail shops, a truck driving along with megaphones and large sign "Civil Rights Now!..." voice from megaphone urging folk to join the march and go to Washington. Man on sidewalk walking by pushing a hand carrier loaded with boxes, people handing out flyers.
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| 01:01:29 77.59 |
A. Philip Randolph, Civil Rights Activist and Labor Unionist, giving a speech at the National Press Club about the civil rights revolution and movement.
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| 01:01:54 102.89 |
CU on a tight crowd of African American and White folk joined together swaying, clapping their hands, and enthusiastically singing the tune, "Hold On" (Keep Your Eyes on the Prize). Circa 1963.
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| 01:03:11 179.75 |
Cutaway. Nighttime var travelling shots - busses traveling down a dark highway, people riding the bus, side profile (silhouette) of the face of an African American person riding in a bus.
With narration about people coming together from everywhere to march in protest of the discrimination against the African American people. |
| 01:03:48 216.27 |
Negro man, solemn looking, standing very still and holding an umbrella.
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| 01:03:59 227.36 |
People gathering at the Washington Monument reflecting pool, African American man with megaphone, people holding umbrellas.
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| 01:04:14 242.65 |
CU African American male speaking into a (vintage) cell phone with antenna, circa 1960's.
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| 01:04:43 271.87 |
Folk preparing for and putting up a huge banner for the "March on Washington - for Jobs and Freedom".
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| 01:04:47 275.52 |
Shots of the Negro and White people out in a large field getting things prepared for the March on Washington, setting up tables, organizing, getting the signs and posters ready.
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| 01:05:09 297.31 |
White lady with her hair in curlers, along with others helping out, stapling the signs and stacking them up.
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| 01:05:16 304.25 |
Black lady walking toward the camera and carrying a bundle of signs (sideways) for the March. "Civil Rights Plus Full Employment Equals Freedom"
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| 01:05:20 308.67 |
Cutaway to CU hands cutting the edges off slices of white bread and making sandwiches. Stacks of white bread in bkgd.
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| 01:05:27 315.18 |
White man standing in giant mess hall speaking into megaphone.
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| 01:05:30 318.72 |
Large group of volunteers working (in New York) preparing lunches for the March. They ultimately made 80,000 cheese sandwiches
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| 01:05:37 325.44 |
Men helping move large cardboard boxes (of cheese sandwiches) along a roller conveyor as folk in the bkgd being led by a male song leader sing, "We Shall Overcome" .
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| 01:05:49 337.86 |
CU Group of Black and White women singing "We Shall Overcome".
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| 01:05:58 346.37 |
Var shots of folk, young and old, and of all ethnicities, wearing white paper caps and aprons - preparing sandwiches in masse.
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| 01:06:11 359.41 |
Tilt down WS on the room of hundreds of white capped folk preparing sandwiches.
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| 01:06:24 372.45 |
CU hands in a big box of slogan pins. Man handing a pin to an older African American lady.
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| 01:06:42 390.81 |
Tilt down POV upper floor and pan inside a church, people in the pews and kneeling alongside the outside of the pews, praying and listening to a preacher speaking from the podium.
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| 01:07:05 413.9 |
Black folk, and some white, filing into parked busses at night, some looking at camera and waving or holding their hands up high.
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| 01:07:25 433.95 |
Large handmade sign taped to side of bus, "March on Washington"
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| 01:07:28 436.09 |
Busses driving along on highways, passenger train speeding down the tracks (headed toward Washington DC.)
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| 01:07:42 450.46 |
Sideview mirror on bus reflecting another bus driving behind.
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| 01:07:45 453.11 |
Var int shots people riding in a bus, white boy sitting talking with a Black woman, people talking amongst themselves, some sleeping, Black man talking laughing with White woman.
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| 01:08:27 495.06 |
POV moving bus, shots of people standing along the road holding signs, waving and chanting
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| 01:08:30 498.42 |
Var shots, CU's of the people riding the busses, White folk, Black folk, men and women, young and old, pensive determined faces
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| 01:08:47 515.36 |
Rows of empty folding chairs, man standing at mic doing a sound check with the Washington Monument in bkgd.
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| 01:09:00 528.12 |
Preparations for the March, men working on scaffolding, tents in bkgd., people gathered outside the March on Washington tent, workers drawing posters, on the phones, Washington Monument in bkgd
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| 01:09:26 554.37 |
Nighttime shot Washington DC, the Capitol building lit up in bkgd.
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| 01:09:34 562.38 |
Crowd of people peacefully swaying, singing "We Shall Overcome". - nighttime.
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| 01:10:01 589.84 |
Var close up shots of the serious faces of the many White people listening to a speaker (unseen).
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| 01:10:15 603.2 |
CU people's hands clasped together, the crowd swaying back and forth singing, then shaking hands to the people besides them as they listen to direction by the unseen Reverend. They throw their hands up in the air in a Do You Want to Be Free chant.
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| 01:10:54 642.26 |
Var shots around a foggy Washington D.C., August 28, 1963 - the White House in the distance, the Washington Monument.
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| 01:11:11 659.63 |
Passenger train pulling into a station, some people climbing off as train slowly rolls in to a stop. Crowd of passengers disembarking the train and on the platform, some waving banners and singing a freedom song.
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| 01:11:41 689.68 |
Cutaway to folk riding on a bus, the conductor handing out pamphlets and speaking through a speaker. Var shots folk on the bus, Black man smoking a pipe, Black woman primping, people putting on their hats
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| 01:12:34 742.44 |
People on sidewalks waving to bus going by.
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| 01:12:50 758.74 |
Crowd of people in bleachers, pan in on Joan Baez strumming her guitar and singing "We Shall Overcome", slow pan over huge crowd of people gathered for the March on Washington.
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| 01:14:19 848.02 |
Huge crowd walking toward the National Mall and Washington Monument in bkgd. Many busses arriving, gigantic crowd of marchers crossing streets, walking through the park, arriving
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| 01:14:39 867.69 |
Singer and civil rights activist, Odetta, singing "I'm On My Way"before the huge crowd.
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| 01:14:47 875.42 |
Var shots - man handing out slogan buttons, people marching holding signs, standing listening clapping to Odetta's singing, two men snapping their fingers, men hanging onto chain linked fence to get a better view.
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| 01:15:16 904.42 |
Tilt down on crowd, shots of folk crammed in, carrying signs through the crowds
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| 01:15:36 924.38 |
Speaker (unknown) at podium looking out at a literal sea of people, giving directions to the crowd.
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| 01:16:33 981.41 |
WS Crowd walking slowly, peacefully and carrying their signs along the Reflecting Pool and toward the Lincoln Memorial.
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| 01:16:41 989.09 |
Shots of the crowd walking toward the camera and down the streets, carrying signs and clapping. Man with megaphone talking to the crowd.
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| 01:17:05 1013.21 |
More crowd shots, nicely dressed African American ladies waving signs and chanting, "now, now, now..." Men walking toward camera and singing "Freedom" holding huge NAACP banner.
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| 01:17:31 1039.57 |
Shots of some of the White folk in the crowd walking, singing and waving American flags.
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| 01:17:54 1062.19 |
WS of the crowd holding various signs, "We March for First Class Citizenship NOW!" etc. and shots of the various people close up - white folk, kids, blacks, everyone singing, chanting, clapping, peacefully and glad to be there.
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| 01:18:03 1071.91 |
Little African American boy sitting on top of the shoulders of her dad, hands up in the air, dad holding his hat up high.
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| 01:18:14 1082.33 |
Crowd shot, people carrying posters, some read: We March for first Class Citizenship NowI; We March for Jobs for All Now!...
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| 01:18:24 1092.79 |
Tilt down shots of crowds, particular group marching in formation holding posters through the parted crowd.
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| 01:18:38 1106.7 |
Shot from behind, the crowd walking along the Reflection Pool and toward the Lincoln Memorial in the distance.
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| 01:18:46 1115.01 |
WS over the National Mall and Reflection Pool with the Washington Monument in bkgd in the fog, and thousands of people.
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| 01:18:55 1123.86 |
WS thousands of people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
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| 01:19:00 1128.66 |
Tilt down crowd shot. Crowd waving signs, clapping and singing as announcer (Unseen) seeks their attention.
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| 01:19:30 1158.06 |
Folk drinking from portable water fountains connected to the exterior of a parked truck.
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| 01:19:54 1182.77 |
WS crowd sitting with their feet in the water seated from one end of the Reflecting Pond all the way to the Lincoln Memorial in the far distance.
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| 01:20:07 1195.86 |
Folk watching from up in a tree.
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| 01:20:16 1204.69 |
Contralto opera singer, Marian Anderson, at podium with many mics introduces and sings the song, "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands".
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| 01:21:01 1250.02 |
Pan up from behind Anderson to the Lincoln Memorial close up, guards standing by..
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| 01:22:36 1344.44 |
Four sailors standing at ease, American flags.
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| 01:22:49 1357.97 |
Tilt down WS massive Civil Rights March 1963 crowd.
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| 01:22:51 1359.61 |
Martin Luther King Jr at podium giving his moving and historic, "I Have a Dream" speech. Shots of the massive crowd applauding.
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| 01:24:18 1446.04 |
z'out from King at podium revealing the large crowd surrounding him.
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| 01:24:29 1457.34 |
Var audience shots, enraptured folk , men, women, children, Black and White, listening to MLK's "I Have a Dream" speach.
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| 01:27:33 1641.15 |
MS King at podium speaking into several mics.
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| 01:28:30 1698.56 |
WS of the massive crowd of people gathered along the Reflecting Pool with the Lincoln Memorial in the background.
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| 01:29:43 1771.76 |
Crowd shots, applauding wildly for MLK.
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| 01:30:04 1792.59 |
Crowd holding hands and swaying back and forth in unison and singing.
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| 01:30:58 1846.81 |
The littered fields in the aftermath of the March.
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| 01:31:03 1851.98 |
Ladies and gentlemen sitting along the Reflection Pool swishing their feet in the water, smiling at camera. Black man wearing a suit wiping off his feet.
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| 01:31:18 1866.33 |
WS people leaving the event, arms around each other, heading toward the waiting busses.
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| 01:31:26 1874.85 |
WS the almost empty Reflection Pool, a few people still there, litter scattered about.
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| 01:31:40 1888.47 |
People sitting under a tree in a litter strewn grassy area.
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| 01:31:55 1903.63 |
Labor Unionist and Civil Rights Activist, A. Phillip Randolph speaking into mics to the crowd about the impact of The March of 1963.
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| 01:32:17 1925.87 |
Var shots folk sleeping on the moving bus.
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| 01:32:53 1961.21 |
End Reel - The Civil Rights March of 1963
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